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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 214 points 1 month ago

LMAO. Are you finally figuring out what's wrong with privatizing, eh guys?

"Texas f--king blows," comedian Shane Gillis said in a June episode of the Andrew Schulz podcast, recalling a storm that left his Austin home without power for three days. "It's hot as f--k. The second we ran out of power, the house was 90 degrees and bugs came in immediately."

"They're on their own power grid, like f--king idiots," Schulz added.

[-] astrsk@fedia.io 133 points 1 month ago

Every season has some kind of power problem and they keep trying to blame the renewables as if it wasnt the thing actually saving them from worse outages.

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[-] one_step_behind@quokk.au 56 points 1 month ago

Good. Fuck that racist douche.

[-] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 month ago

I assume you're talking about Gillis; Schulz is an even bigger asshole than Gillis too

[-] one_step_behind@quokk.au 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, sorry I should have been clear. I don't know of Schulz at all.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Are you finally figuring out what's wrong with privatizing

Oh no, no. No. No, these are "comedians, podcasters, and UFC fighters" so while they define an open mind and good works, they actually won't learn a damned thing or do anything about it.

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 196 points 1 month ago

In 2020, Joe Rogan moved from Los Angeles to Austin after visiting and realizing he didn't have to wear a mask at a restaurant.

What a profoundly stupid man. Him and all his idiot followers deserve far worse than they're getting.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 79 points 1 month ago

Lol he moved for tax reasons but that probably wouldn't play well with his listeners

[-] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 127 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, the one star state. How could you expect anything more?

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 36 points 1 month ago

Lol, never heard that one before

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 103 points 1 month ago

I lived in Austin from 1999 until 2023. The irony here is that the main reason the city is soulless is because of the steady influx of douchebags like themselves.

In the 90's Austin was arguably the slacker capital of America. The dot-com bubble killed that but after the bubble burst the tech folk that stayed behind decided to do their own thing. The Austin tech sector had a distinctly relaxed vibe. It felt sustainable and it felt like everyone knew each other. Big city tech center with a small town vibe. The downside was that we didn't have much on the way of amenities. Prices were low and a concerted effort was made to revitalize downtown. Soon we had good food, great bars, low rent, and a genuinely fun city to be in. Then the douchebags caught wind of it, prices skyrocketed, and they ran out everything that made the place a joy to be in.

Austin can still be great, but it will never be L.A., and thank god for that.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

LAs biggest advantage is that it was able to utilize its oil wealth, farming industry, and trade advantage to turn itself into an absolute beast of an economic driver. It's basically an Engine on a big piece of industrial equipment, it smells like shit and it ain't pretty but it damned well works. No other city should be LA because one is more than enough. I say all of this as an born and raised Inland Imperial I fucking hate LA, if any one talks shit about LA without having at least honorary Southern Californian status I will flay them alive and then dump them in the Salten Sea.

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[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago

moved from New York City to Austin in 2023

"I just wanted to move to a place where you can do standup during the week," Gillis told Theon Von in 2024. "Forever it was just New York and LA, now you can do it in Nashville in Austin."

But according to his own words, he was already living in a place where he could do standup during the week??

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"I've been canceled!" says the comedian who is on stage and being broadcast nationally.

[-] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Says Dave Chapelle in his latest Netflix special.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Last two or three, I lost count.

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[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago

Good. That’s what your sycophantic behavior gets you.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

As a dude that is from and spent over 3 decades in Texas my reaction is, "Well they're not wrong." Texas and especially Austin is terrible, but them being there is making the place worse.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Nah, I lived in Texas for three years, Austin was the best of. If I had to move back to Texas I'm going to Austin.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Well have fun. I escaped Texas and I hope I never return.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's why it's if I HAD to go back.

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[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

At least they didn’t move to Russia and get conscripted to front line infantry?

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 47 points 1 month ago

We could only be so lucky.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Saved you a click: Lack of culture, heat, bugs, homelessness.

[-] astrsk@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago

Idk, Austin was really nice, fun music scene and allllll the bbq. Then again, not that surprising the blue haven has culture in the desert.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've never been to Austin, but I've heard good things about it. Not a fan of Texas in general, didn't like it for many reasons. But Austin sounds different.

All this said, these comedians skewering Austin and Texas as a whole is not the fatal blow they think it is. They sound like douchebags who are so far up their own assholes they are wearing their own tonsils as earrings. The fact that they were following cretin-in-chief Rogan around like lost little puppies further supports this take.

[-] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 39 points 1 month ago

Texas is a shit hole.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

He moved there because he didn't want to wear a mask during COVID times? Lol that's so stupid that was just a temporary thing anyways who bases their life decisions on something so stupid?

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Very stupid people. Like Joe Rogan.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Texas lacks culture and amenities compared to the largest cities in the US!? Wow that's shocking to learn. Truly.

Edit- Houston isn't that far away, and has at least a few more restaurants. Maybe they can try again there.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm from Houston. The food is way better, but the traffic and humidity are worse.

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[-] sundray@lemmus.org 32 points 1 month ago

Who was it who said, "If you want America to build a wall along its southern boarder, let Texas secede."

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Everything’s bigger and dumber in Texas.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Texas is great. Texas politics is dogshit.

Also, Rogan's weird podcaster cult all piled into the Austin suburbs, which really are miserable - expensive, cramped, horrible traffic, and full of people Rogan's crowd hates.

It would be like the Pod Save America hosts getting their affiliates to move to Keene, NH. What did you think was going to happen?

[-] avg@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago

Honestly, what's so great about Texas? I've been to a few cities there and I can't see why people say it's great.

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Neither do I, its suburban hell

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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago
[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Aww poor lil rich boys

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Sucks to be you, don't it?

[-] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

They should all just have to stay there. Everyone in this article blows.

[-] Auth@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Its embarrassing that this was pretty much all it took to radicalize so many people "realizing he didn't have to wear a mask at a restaurant"

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Been an avid Rogan listener since 2018: that’s all he ever talks about if the guest even remotely mentions COVID or politics. He has so many complaints that revolve around personal freedoms where he’s not self aware enough to realize that he has made something like half a billion dollars and he’s still unhappy because he can’t find a way to have fun with the money he’s made. The amount of money he has, he could literally disappear and never have another monetary problem in his life. Literally he could buy his comedian compound in the middle of nowhere and just enjoy it, but he can’t because he doesn’t actually have friends that would want to do something that stupid; he can’t even get his friends to all move to Austin.

[-] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

They hate liberals, but want the liberal culture and benefits. Losers.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago

I've really enjoyed the stream of articles about people who bagged on coastal cities moving to Texas and finding out why you don't want to live in Texas. I knew just from a connecting flight in Dallas Fort Worth airport where we had a layover. So many cowboy boots, cowboy hats, and huge belt buckles. I don't trust anyone who dresses like that not to suck.

[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Good, hope they hate it and also lose a lot of money.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
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